PSYC 3310 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Exclusionary Rule, General Electric, Karl Llewellyn
6 Apr 2018
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Adversarial system: a system of justice in which opposing parties present competing versions of the evidence in an effort to win a favourable judgement. In canada, a trial is an adversarial proceeding because lawyers (adversaries)compete to win a verdict in their favour. The legal system assumed that truth will emerge through a contest between adversaries who present opposing interpretations of the evidence to a neutral fact finder (a jury or judge) Amicus curiae brief: (cid:862)f(cid:396)ie(cid:374)d of the (cid:272)ou(cid:396)t(cid:863) (cid:271)(cid:396)ief. A (cid:449)(cid:396)itten document submitted to the court by parties with no direct involvement, but a strong interest in the case. Association has submitted such briefs to summarize relevant research and to clarify the overall meaning of a set of findings. Brandeis brief: a legal, argumentative document submitted by louis brandeis in 1908 to the. United states supreme court in muller v. oregon. The brief incorporated medical, scientific, and government reports that favoured a particular party in the litigation.
